The horse that Grisham rides is actually named Montero, and was the horse Russell Crowe rode in Gladiator (2000), a film on which Ricardo Cruz, the series Horse stunt co-ordinator, worked.
The series premiered October 7, 2000. After filming had been completed on 22 episodes and the first eight episodes were broadcast, the series was canceled.
The flashback episode End of Days (2001) had new material of approximately 22 minutes, which were filmed in Spain, and its interior mine scenes were filmed at Pinewood Studios, London.
Bo Derek, an accomplished rider, chose the horse she would ride in the episode The Witness (2000) after putting two Palominos through their paces.
Queen of Swords (2000) is a Canadian action-adventure television series set in California during the early 19th century that ran for one season from 2000 to 2001.